A FREE HOMES BILL. THE MEASURE MEETS FAVOR ABLE CONSIDERATION. It* Pa stage. Which Se«m* Assured to fth« House, Means Millions to the Settlers of Oklahoma—Secretary Smith Looks Upon It With Disapproval and Wilt Oppose It Strenuously. Good Xews for Settlers. :%■ 1/ • Washington, Jan. 15.—After a hot in which it seemed likely that “free homes” would lose the day, Dele gate Flynn of Oklahoma carried his “free homes’’ bill successfully through the public lands committee of the House to-day. Mr. Lacey of Iowa prepared a bill -similar in its terms to that of Mr.. Flynn, except that it was general in its application and not .restricted in its operation to Oklahama settlers. Mr. Lacey’s bill was taken up for con sideration first. Mr. Curtis of Kansas -®t once moved an amendment provid ing in substance that where the gov ernment had not yet paid Indians for the land entered by settlers and was -counting upon the proceeds received from the settlers to make the payment to the Indians, from whom the land, was purchased, such lands should be -exempt from the operation of the “free homes” bill, which relieves the •settlers of the payment of anything beyond the ordinary land office fees The amendment was hotly debated, Fielder, Flynn, Lafiey, Curtis and -others participating. The effect in Oklahoma, for instance, where the greater part of the purchase price of several millions remains unpaid, would be to compel the settlers to reimburse the government for the cost of the land. Mr. Flynn’s bill relieves tliem of the whole of it. So much division of opinion was developed by the dis cussion that the bill and the proposed amendment were laid ' over until the next meeting. ( , fr tl< >r, : Mr. 1' lynns bul, practically tlie same as Air. Lacey’s, except that it was restricted to Oklahoma, was then considered. He told how it had been •unfavorably reported to the last con gress. owing- to partisanship, and then said: “Now, gentlemen, the only •question is, have we enough Repub lican votes to pass this bill? I think we have.” The committee at once or dered Mr. Flynn to report the meas ure favorably, McRae of Arkansas be ing given time to make a minority report if he chose. The bill is very brief, but it means many millions of ■dollars to Oklahoma—there being 'thousands of settlers who are each re lieved by its provisions of the pay ment of several hundred dollars. Here is the text: “Re it enacted by the .Senate and House of Representa tives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, that all settlers under the homestead laws of the United States upon the public lands acquired by treaty or agreement from the various Indian tribes in the terri tory of Oklahoma, who have, or shall Hereafter, reside upon the tract en tered in good faith for the period required by existing law, shall be htitled to a patent for the land so entered upon the payment to the local land officers of the usual and customary feee, and no other or fur ther charge of any kind whatsoever shall bo required from such settler to entitle him to a patent for the land covered by bis entry; provided, that the right to commute any such entry and pay for said lands, in the option of any settler and in the time and at the prices now fixed by existing laws, shall remain in full force and effect. “Section 2. That, all acts, or parts of acts, inconsistent with the terrqs and provisions of this act are hereby repealed.” The interior department w ll oppose It strongly, although the committee to-day did not show the secretary even the scant courtesy of waiting for the opinion it has pretended to solicit. RED CROSS BARRED. ) \ The Society will Mot Be Allowed to Distribute Relief in Armenia. Washington, Jan. la.—The Turkish legation gives out the following offi cial communication: “The imperial government will not permit any distribution among his subjects, in his own territory, by any foreign society or individuals, how ever respectable the same may be (as, for instance, the Red Cross Society), cf money collected abroad. “Such interference no independent government has ever allowed, especial ly when the collections are made on ■the strength of speeches delivered in public meetings by irreconcilable ene mies of the Turkish race and religion, jmd on the basis of false accusations that Turkey.repudiates. "Resides, the sublime porte is mind ful of the true interests of its subjects and, distinguishing between the real state of things and the calumnies and wild exaggerations of interested or fanatical parties, will, as it has done heretofore, under its own legitimate control, alleviate the wants of all Turkish subjects, living in certain provinces, irrespective of creed or race. ” A Boy of lO Years Kills a Chicken Thief. l'EHBY, Okla., Jan. 15. — Johnny Brown, aged 10 years, son of W. W. Brown, shot and killed a chicken thief Sunday night. The boy’s father was away from home and Mrs. Brown took her son and gun to watch the chicken house, as thieves bad played havoc for some time. About mid night a man entered and began to gather in poultry. The boy shot him in the breast. Insane Man Hanged Himself. Topeka, Kan., Jan. 15. — Jacob Shafer, an inmate of tbe Topeka in sane asylum, committed suicide by hanging. lie made a rope of the sheet of his bed and swung out of the window in view of a score of people. &J3.e was dead when rescued. r Presbyterian College Burned. * Los Asgei.es. Cal., Jan. 15.—Occi dental college was burned yesterday. Loss., 370, COG; insurance, 817,000. The college was built and controlled by the Presbyteriana The building ia a total loss. CHOSEN FOR THE SENATE. Ex-Gov. I'm raker of Ohio Elected to Sue* \ ceed Brice. Coi.tTUBTTS, 0.. .Tan 15.—Ex-Governor Joseph B. Foraker was practically elected Senator to-day. The joint ballot will he held to-morrow, but will be a formality as tbe vote in the two houses to-day assures Foraker’s election. In the Senate Foraker received 29 votes for United States Senator; Brice, G, and George A Groot, Populist, ). In the House the yote stood; For aker, 87; Brice, 21: John H. Thomas. Springfield, 1; Mr. Gage, 1; Judge Blandin of Cleveland, 1; Lawrence T. Neal, 1, all of whom except Foraker, are Democrats. Foraker received the full Republican vote. Speaker Sleeper in the House, after he vacated the chair, said he would name a Republican from Ohio to suc ceed Mr. Brice. Sherman, since the war, had had a Democratic colleague, but Ohio proposed to “break the record with 4 record breaker.” (Ap plause.) There had been no caucus; none was, needed; Foraker’s face and voice were familiar in every county of Ohio. He had run for governor four times and though defeated twice he appeared to-day in the phenomenal position of being the people’s choice without a caucus. Senator Hysell, in presenting the name of Mr. Brice, made use of l,30o words, extolling the Senator as though he were a “sure winner.” The Senator was not asking the compliment of this vote, but was the Democratic Senator from Ohio. He had never been silent when the voice of his party had called. Joseph Benson Foraker was born July 5, 1846, on a farm in Highland county, Ohio. July 14, 1862, when only past his sixteenth birthday, he enlist ed as the first private in Company A, I Eighty-ninth Ohio infantry, and was made orderly sergeant of the company for having secured the most recruits, lie was promoted to be first lieutenant in February, lt>64, and commanded his company at Mission Ridge. He was with his regiment in "the arduous and bloody campaign which culmi nated at Atlanta, and was an aide on the staff of Major General Slocum of New York, during the march to the sea and the brief and brilliant campaign from savannah to the Carolinas. He was mustered out, the last man in his regiment, June 13, 1805, with the brevet rank of captain. He was not then quite 20 years old. He immedi ately resumed his studies, and so well made up the time spent in the army that he graduated with honors from the Cornell university in 1860, and was admitted to the bar in Cincinnati the fall of the same yaar. He was made chief supervisor of elections for the Southern district of Ohio in ls76, with the full approval of his political opponents. In April, 1879, in his thirty-third year, he was elected to the superior court bench of Cincinuati for five years, but served only three, when he was forced to resign by ill health. He had won golden opinions, and was urged to take a vacation of six months to recuperate, but he refused. In 1883 he was nominated for governor by the Republican party, but was de feated by Judge Iloadly. In 1886 he ran again for givernor against Judge Hoadly, whom he defeated. He was re-elected in 1887, and in 1889 was beaten by James E. Cam obeli, who was the predecessor of William Mc Kinley. Mr.'Foraker is an able speaker and has taken a prominent part in several national conventions. MORGAN ON SILVER. n» Bays That Sherman la a Finanea Napoleon Near Hla Waterloo. Washington, Jan. 15.—Senator Mor | gan’s speech on the silver bond bill was the event of the Senate yesterday, although a sharp personal colloquy between Mr. nill, Mr. Butler and Mr. Pritchard enlivened the early hours. Mr. Morgan frequently addressed him self personally to Mr. Sherman, who sat across the aisle, and for two hours arraigned the Ohio senator for the series of financial acts with which he is identified. At times Mr. Morgan was bitterly personal. He referred to Mr. Sherman as the Napoleon of finance who was near his Waterloo, and who would be consigned to St. Helena. In the main, however, the speech was a scholarly presentation of the silver questiou. Mr. Hill’s collo quy with the two North Carolina sen ators brought out considerable discus sion of the New York senator’s polit ical consistency, and was amusing to the galleries for the sharp salliear.and witty rejoinders during the triangular debate. a ue vice president jam ueiore me senate a letter from the secretary of the treasury in reply to a resolution of inquiry presented by Mr. l’effer as to whether $100.01)0,000 in gold had at any time been set apart from other funds. The secretary states that this had never been done, there being no provision of law authorizing it. AMERICA H ER RIVAL Germans Begin to Feel Thin Conn try’s Competition in manufactured Goods. W ashixgton, Jan. 10.—Germany is beginning to fear the United States as her greatest competitor in the world's markets. United States Consul Warner at Cologne, Germany, makes this trade rivalry the subject of a special report to the State department, and he quotes freely from the German news papers and technical papers to show that the Germans are thoroughly alarmed at the outlook. The German government, owning the railroads, has been warned that it must do everything possible by cutting rates on raw materials and exporting to aid the German manufacturer, or see Hie foreign trade suffer at the hands of America. _ NEWS NOTES. Torpe "oes have been placed In ITava- | na harbor. It is suggested that Spain fears United States interference. | The Hough block and several build ings in the business district of Sey mour, Ind., were burned. Loss. $00, 000. The San Antonio Builders’ Supply company, one of the largest lumber firms of the Southwest, made an assignment. Arrangements fcaye finally been made to submit the Northern Paciflo tangle to the supreme court of the United States. HOLIDAY BUSINESS. SHOPPING NOT AS LARGE AS IT USED TO BE. Hundreds of Bullions Lass Money spent tn Raying Presents — Shoppers and Shopkeepers Were Most Busy in ISOS —What Uradstreet's Shows. A year ago the free-trade papers were pointing with pride to an increase in the volume of last November’s busi ness as compared with 1894. They stated that the real movement of goods for the Christmas trade begun in No vember. Let us see how it has been this year. Bradstreet’8, December 7, told us that the totals of last month’s bank clear ings were smaller than for October, and that “the falling oft shown from Octo ber is not unexpected, in view of the re cent lull in trade reported from week to week.” This seems peculiar. Here we have been approaching Christmas, when there should be an extra boom to business, over and above the free trade boom that is said to be in exist ence, yet Bradstreet’s has reported a “lull from week to week.” Again we quote from that authority: “Rather more than the usual number of decreases (in bank clearings) are* shown to have occurred during Novem ber as compared with November a year ago.” This is disheartening Christmas cheer. Let 11s turn to Dun’s Review for something brighter: “Business is still sluggish as if gorged by excessive indulgence of the appetite for buying when prices were advancing. In nearly every branch stocks not yet 'distributed to consumers stand in the way of new orders, and competition of a producing force largely exceeding the present demand puts down prices, that decline retarding purchases yet more. After the holidays men look for a larger demand.” This is about as cheerful as missing the last car at night and having to walk home. Not even the expectation of a larger demand after the holidays can be inspiriting, because business men know perfectly well that there is always a sluggish season after the holidays, so they are likely to “look” in vain for that “larger demand.” To the produc ers of raw materia], to wage earners and to manufacturers. Dun’s Review gives this cheerful Christmas greeting: "In this country the manufacturer meets with a much reduced demand, and prices are gradually sinking.” Not even free wool can brighten the gloom of the holiday season, for Dun’s Review says of this branch of trade: "Manufacturers have much machinery idle at present, and orders thus far are not encouraging.” A later issue of Bradstreet’s, Decem ber 14, confirms this opinion when it says that -among more conspicuous trade features are the disappointing Christmas trade at several cities.” Italso gives a comparison of the bank clear ings qf the country during the first two weeks of December this year and for live preceding years, which we repro duce as follows: Week ending Year. December 5. December t2. 1890 .$1,316,000,000 $1,186,000,000 1891 . 1,328,000,000 1,213,000,000 1892 . 1,450,000,000' 1,354,000,000 1893 . 1,118,000,000 915,000,000 1894 . 1,163,000,000 1,019,000,000 1895 . 1,247,000,000 1,129.000,000 The rise of the Christmas trade under New York's Best Interests* [NEW YORK STATE 1890 IBtol foreign Trade atone '•■Qmi,5Trr llbOQWtHion ttoWors \-; n •p « 1100 ftilflitm Dollars ii M \ 800 WriVwm IhjWs * . 5 [ M-00 TtUjjUm Dollars s i • i Q_ t I JUJMi moot« tk Him Imxtat U (kcUta ^ E»w«r^6«MrriPtwpcTrtfl^tkSUatitrj an administration favorable to protec tion and lts decline unaer the free trade administration form strong con trasts that should attract the attention of all traders, whether wholesale or re tail. Even this year the holiday trade has not yet reached its proportions in 1890. It looks as if we were having a regu lar old, dull democratic Christmas time, i Let us hope that it will be the last one. —American Economist, Dec, 23, 1895. u Republican School^ The Republican etub of the city at New York ia perhaps the moat aggres sive and effectual political-social organ* izatlon In the country, and from a small beginning this club has attained 8 membership of between six and seven hundred. In connection with all clubs, Societies and organizations there is nearly always some feature peculiar to each. The Republican club of the city of New York Is no exception. The pe culiar feature of this organization Is what has become knowu os the "Repub lican Club Sunday School." There Is scarcely a Sunday afternoon of the year when, between the hours of 3 and 6, less than a hundred members of the club drop in and discuss the political topics of the day. 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